diff --git a/packages/sysutils/v4l-utils/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/v4l-utils/package.mk
index cd8dca4b46..ab3344a4d8 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/v4l-utils/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/v4l-utils/package.mk
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="Linux V4L2 and DVB API utilities and v4l libraries (libv4l)."
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
 
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--without-jpeg"
 PKG_MAKEINSTALL_OPTS_TARGET="PREFIX=/usr -C utils/keytable"
 
 make_target() {